Describes how a forty-year-old, gay, successful professional experienced the ups and downs of parenting firsthand when he takes in his troubled teenage niece, Tiffany, offering a witty and compassionate account of a young girl’s...

aptain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer, fabulously rich, burying dozens of treasure chests up and down the eastern seaboard. But it turns out that most everyone, even many respected scholars, have th...

Many readers of Bill Clinton's large, one-volume autobiography MY LIFE said that their favorite sections were the early parts of the book, in which Clinton recorded his struggles as a young boy to overcome deficits that could have sto...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had s...

From the madness of King George to the equine escapades of Catherine the Great, from the intramural squabbles of Elizabeth and Di to the staggeringly decadent exploits of Charles X: in this gossipy chronicle of regal shenanigans, Brit...

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, Wild Swans has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more than ten million copies sold. The story of three generations in twentieth-centur...

In a moving and inspirational memoir of faith, the author of Finding Your Own North Star describes growing up within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, her decision to speak out publicly of her criticism of the church, a...

A publishing correspondent chronicles a year's worth of reading to explore how the world of books intermingled with her relationships, a journey during which she discovered that the books chose her as much as she chose them, came to r...

The tedious steps of the process of awakening the intelligence of a human being deprived of all the ordinary means of communication with her fellows at an age so early that practically no foundation has been laid by normal means--such...

From the wickedly hilarious pen of Southern humorist Celia Rivenbark comes a collection of essays that brings to mind Dave Barry (in high heels) or Jeff Foxworthy (in a prom dress).Step into the wacky world of "womanless wedding&...

The champion cyclist and author of IIt's Not About the Bike continues the inspirational story of his life and accomplishments in the wake of his recovery from testicular cancer and describes what fuels his pursuit of personal and prof...

Clay Aiken, the undeniably talented American Idol runner up and self-proclaimed 'nerdy, geeky, momma's boy' (and boy, does he love to talk about his momma), has written a strange hybrid of memoir, self-help and religious testimony--an...

Presents the first-person account of a seventeen-year-old Singapore girl who was taken prisoner by the Japanese and ensconced in the Changi POW camp during World War II, in a new edition that includes additional information on the fam...

     Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black.  "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol—telling jok...

"I remember Sarah asking me, when I'd just begun therapy with her, what I looked for in a man.  After a few moments of silent, tense deliberation I had it.  'Hair,' I blurted. 'He has to have hair.'" Meredith Baxter is a ...

When Joan Kelly took a weekend job as a professional submissive in a private dungeon, it seemed she'd finally found a perfect outlet for her pent-up desires. Suddenly, Joan was being paid to do things she'd only fantasized about. Hav...

#1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER\r\n\r\nEveryone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it’s in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal b...

Describes how the author, in the wake of her husband's death, decided to fulfill her long-standing dream of building a new life for herself in Paris, detailing her first year in the City of Lights, her frustrating search for an apartm...

Through down-home storytelling, Reba McEntire offers her fans a glimpse into her personal life, as well as a healthy dose of traditional, God-lovin' values. Like a quilt, McEntire's book of country comfort is stitched from real-life m...

About this book: Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany....

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pave au poivre, the steak'spi...

When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport -- in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power, which allowed him to become the first man in history to belt m...

How does he assess the information that is brought to him? How does his personal or political philosophy, or a moral sense, sustain him? How does he draw inspiration from those around him? How does he deal with setbacks and disasters?...

The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings the family and the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life.  The name Borgia is synonymous w...

A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don't mix.At her husband's prompting, suburban mom and New York career woman Susan McCorkindale agreed to give up her stressful six-figure job. To...

Now in paperback, the revelatory and surprising memoir of life behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live, by former cast member Jay Mohr his insider account of the inner workings of Saturday Night Live provides the scoop on quirky gues...

The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452- 1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to underst...

“Dazzling…the platinum standard for memoirs regarding couples struggling to become parents.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer Peggy Orenstein’s widely hailed and bestselling memoir of her quest for parenthood b...

Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a b...

Carole Gene Marer spent her girlhood dreaming of meeting Rock Hudson, but when she finally had the chance—on a date with her future husband, television mogul Aaron Spelling—she was so shy she hid all night in the powder room.  Ho...